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Text on Button | WE'RE SELLING |
Image Description | Red text and image on white background |
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Catalog ID | AD0916 |
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Text on Button | WE'RE SELLING |
Image Description | Red text and image on white background |
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Catalog ID | AD0916 |
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Text on Button | SERVICE ELECTRIC 597 9000 11400 S. CICERO ALSIP |
Image Description | Black text and an image of an old street lamp on yellow background. Hole in top of button. |
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Additional Information | GEM Electric Supply Inc., located in Illinois, is a wholesale distributor of "electrical supplies, lighting fixtures, hardware, and home furnishings”. The company was founded in 1970 by Bill Conrad and John Manning. There are four different store locations; the Alsip location was opened in August of 1994. The Alsip building was the largest acquired by GEM, and the extra space allowed the business to expand to more goods than just electrical supplies. The company is family owned and run with three generations having managed the stores. |
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History (n.d.). Gem Electric Supply. Retrieved November 29, 2024, from http://www.gemelectricsupply.com/gemhistory.html
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Catalog ID | AD0915 |
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Text on Button | SAY HELLO to the NEW ILLINOIS BELL |
Image Description | Blue text on yellow background |
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1984 - C&B Johnson |
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Additional Information | Illinois Bell was a local operator of the Bell Corporation starting in 1877. In 1984, the Bell Corporation was determined to be in violation of antitrust laws, and was ordered to break up into seven, "Baby Bells," including Ameritech, which inherited the Illinois Bell Company. Illinois Bell kept its name until the 1990s when Ameritech changed it for marketing purposes. Several of the baby bell companies have gone on to become major phone providers in the US, such as AT&T and Verizon. |
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Tunstall, Brooke (1985). Disconnecting Parties: Managing the Bell System Break-Up, an Inside View. New York: McGraw-Hill. |
Catalog ID | AD0914 |
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Text on Button | Arlene's CATERING 385-8507 389-0273 |
Image Description | Red script text and red outlined stars over red stripes. White text inside of red stripes with white background. |
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Additional Information | Arlene’s Catering was a food service business run by Arlene Kmak in the Chicago suburb of Blue Island. The business operated as early as 1967 when it appeared in a newspaper article for catering an event held by the Blue Island Evening Women’s Club. Kmak and her business were very involved in local community events helping to stage an Easter bread sale at St. Donatus church, giving a presentation on wedding catering at the 1974 Kline’s Spring and Summer Bridal Show, and being a co-chairmen for the Mother of Sorrows Home and School Guild Fashion Show. In 1991, she was part of a group of business and community leaders to organize a spaghetti dinner fundraiser for local families of military personnel serving in the Gulf War. Arlene’s Catering donated all of the food to the event. Kmak died in 2011. |
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Arlene Kmak (2011, July 3). Daily Southtown. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/daily-southtown/obituary.aspx?n=arlene-kmak&pid=152320417 Bridal show. (1974, December 19). Sun-Standard, p. II-1. Fashion show. (1977, November 3). Sun-Standard, p. II-1. Who, what, where. (2001, March 15). Southtown Star, p. F2. |
Catalog ID | AD0913 |
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Text on Button | A SURE WINNER HERE HE IS |
Image Description | Metal mechanical button with blue image of building and tan background. The lever on the top shows text in the cutout window when it is up. When pressed, the spinner inside selects one of two profile images of presidential candidate men. The lever can be locked on a notch to display the selected candidate. |
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OH, STOP GUESSING! PRESIDENTIAL PROBLEM SOLVED. HOLD BUTTON SO CAPITOL IS UPRIGHT, PRESS STEEPLE, AND CANDIDATE APPEARING MOST IS A SURE WINNER. INCLINING CAPITOL SLIGHTLY TO EITHER SIDE, ONE OF THE CANDIDATE'S WILL APPEAR MOSTLY. SELECT YOUR CHOICE, LOCK STEEPLE, AND WEAR AS CAMPAIGN BUTTON. PAT, APLD FOR. |
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Additional Information | See more innovative and unique buttons in action on the Busy Beaver blog. |
Catalog ID | PO1021 |
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Image Description | Eyelashes and a smile in a face design covered with an orange ribbon to look like a bandana or scarf |
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Additional Information | Learn more about the History of Flapper Buttons on the Busy Beaver blog. |
Catalog ID | AR0439 |
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Text on Button | Yes you can! |
Image Description | Red text on white background |
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Catalog ID | CA0739 |
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Text on Button | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER! |
Image Description | Pink text in white speech bubble on left. Green alien in blue spacesuit on right. Yellow background. |
Curl Text | Made in Hong Kong |
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Additional Information | “Take me to your leader” is a popular sci-fi phrase that was first used in a 1953 cartoon published by The New Yorker. Since then, it has been stated on both the big and small screens for comic effect. The saying is most commonly uttered by an extraterrestrial being to the first human it encounters after landing on Earth. |
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Roberts, S. (2012, February 11). What do you say to an alien? New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/sunday-review/messages-to-et.html?_r… |
Catalog ID | IB0667 |
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Text on Button | "We worship and AWESOME GOD in the Blue States"-Barack Obama |
Image Description | White text on blue background. |
Curl Text | https://www.tenthdems.org |
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Additional Information | This quote by President Barack Obama is from his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. The Tenth Congressional District Democrats—the organization that created this button—has helped elect Democrats at all levels of government within Illinois’ 10th Congressional District since 2004. |
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Tenth Congressional District Democrats (n.d.) About Us. Retrieved from https://tenthdems.org/about/ |
Catalog ID | PO1014 |
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Text on Button | BARACK OBAMA United States Senate The audacity of hope! |
Image Description | White text and red text on blue background. |
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Additional Information | The "audacity of hope!" is a reference to Barack Obama’s keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, “Hope in the face of difficulty, hope in the face of uncertainty, the audacity of hope..." Given a few months after Obama won the Democratic Primary for United States Senate, the speech received rave reviews. It put in him on the map for the US Senatorial race, which he ended up winning in November 2004. |
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Barack Obama / The Audacity of Hope! (n.d.). Retrieved July 25, 2019, from https://www.legacyamericana.com/Barack-Obama-The-Audacity-of-Hope_p_115…; Scheiber, N. (2004, May 31). Race Against History. Retrieved July 25, 2019, from https://newrepublic.com/article/67604/race-against-history-0 |
Catalog ID | PO1013 |